What is happening in the West ? what is the reason for the Trump phenomenon, as you said, in the US ? What is happening in Europe as well ? The ruling elites have broken away from the people. The obvious problem is the gap between the interests of the elites and the overwhelming majority of the people.

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There is also the so-called liberal idea, which has outlived its purpose, our Western partners have admitted that some elements of the liberal idea, such as multiculturalism, are no longer tenable.

President Putin

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It's their right to think how they want. But can they count ? I'm sure they can. Let them count the speed and the range of the weapons systems we are developing, russia will be forced to create and deploy types of weapons which can be used not only in respect of those territories from which the direct threat to us originates, but also in respect of those territories where the centers of decision-making are located.

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They would like to do certain things with respect to Syria, having to do with the safety of Israel, in that respect, we absolutely would like to work in order to help Israel.

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politics

Not always -- well, haven't presidents been killed in President Putin ? have you forgotten about -- well, has Kennedy been killed in Russia or in President Putin ? Or Mr. King ? What -- and what happens to the clashes between police and, well, civil society, and some -- several ethnic groups ? Well, that's something that happens on the President Putin soil. All of us have our own set of domestic problems.

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politics

Well, first of all, all of us have plenty of political rivals. I'm pretty sure President Trump has plenty of political rivals.

President Putin

politics

Russia as a state has never interfered with the internal affairs of the United States, let alone its elections.

President Putin

top-news

Well, let's take St. Petersburg Economic Forum, for instance, there were over 500 American businessmen, high-ranking, high-level ones. I don't even remember the last names of each and every one of them. Well, do you remember -- do you think that we try to collect compromising material on each and every single one of them ? Well, it's difficult to imagine an utter nonsense of a bigger scale than this. Well, please, just disregard these issues and don't think about this anymore again.

President Putin

politics

Could you name a single fact that would definitely prove the collusion? This is utter nonsense, just like the president recently mentioned.

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opinion

This needs to be done swiftly. We need to fill up the order books of our own firms, especially since these are good, guaranteed orders.

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